Rivière· 51 segments
Río Medellín
Crosses 14 administrative regions : Barbosa, Bello, Caldas, Copacabana, Don Matías +9
Total length
105km
Max discharge
50,3m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
51
River geography14 admin regions · 0 communes
14 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BarbosaAntioquia · Colombia16.2 kmin this dpt
- CaldasAntioquia · Colombia10.2 kmin this dpt
- GirardotaAntioquia · Colombia10.1 kmin this dpt
- MedellínAntioquia · Colombia9.6 kmin this dpt
- BelloAntioquia · Colombia6.8 kmin this dpt
- Don MatíasAntioquia · Colombia6.1 kmin this dpt
- CopacabanaAntioquia · Colombia5.2 kmin this dpt
- SabanetaAntioquia · Colombia4.7 kmin this dpt
- ItagüíAntioquia · Colombia3.9 kmin this dpt
- Santo DomingoAntioquia · Colombia2.9 kmin this dpt
- EnvigadoAntioquia · Colombia2.2 kmin this dpt
- La EstrellaAntioquia · Colombia1.7 kmin this dpt
- Santa Rosa de OsosAntioquia · Colombia0.3 kmin this dpt
- YolombóAntioquia · Colombia0.0 kmin this dpt
6 intersecting protected areas
Cuenca Hidrográfica Río Grande y Chico
IUCN Not ApplicableWatershed
Integrated Management Regional Districts
Quitasol - La Holanda
IUCN VIIntegrated Management Regional Districts
Alto de San Miguel
IUCN VIRegional Protective Forest Reserves
Regional Natural Parks
Recreation Area
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 51 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 191 distinct species · 6 622 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Río Medellín : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
105km
Max discharge
50,3m³/s
Max Strahler
4
Segments matched
51
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.